Ten masters students from Columbia University - IRI 
went to the developing world to support the work of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre. We filmed their insights on how to link climate information with humanitarian decisions in Africa, the Americas and Asia/Pacific. Key lesson: focus on people. Watch the film here .
Our gratitude to the NOAA Climate Program Office for supporting this work.
Go here 
(pdf, 257 kB) to see where these students were placed.
The Climate Centre thanks the following young researchers for their climate related work for the Red Cross and Red Crescent:
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Amy KIRBYSHIRE |
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Amy STYPA |
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Arame TALL |
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Caitlin KOPCIK |
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Charlotte ÓLÖF JÓNSDÓTTIR FERRIER |
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Cherise CHADWICK |
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| Cornelia SCHWENK University of Bayreuth - Global Change Ecology .Climate Change project proposal drafting, disaster databank creation for Caribbean IFRC Trinidad & Tobago. Supervisors: Keston Flemming and Nicole Williams External partner: State of Bavaria, Elitenetzwerk Bayern . Read more |
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| Cynthia THOMSON Columbia University – Climate and Society Examined ENSO effects in Pacific region and how Red Cross can use forecast for risk reduction Supervisors: Rebecca McNaught, Pablo Suarez (Climate Centre), Esther Conrad (IRI), Ruth Land (Red Cross) |
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Daniel COLLINS |
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| Emma LOVELL King’s College, London - Disasters, Adaptation and Development Provided technical support on the integration of climate change adaptation and DRR in SE Asia Supervisors: Patrick Fox, Seng Samban, Bec McNaught, Terry Cannon and David Demeritt |
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Erin WNOROWSKI |
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Fernanda BAUMHARDT |
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| Francis SOUSA Columbia University – Climate and Society Helped improve understanding of climate information and its potential for the IFRC MENA Supervisor: AbdelQader AbuAwad |
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| Isabelle LEMAIRE University College London - Environment and Sustainable Development .Developed video on climate risks in Jakarta for the Indonesian Red Cross and the IFRC. Supervisors: Adriana Allen and Fiona Ching. Partner: Urban and Regional Development Institute in Jakarta .Watch film: Beyond Response - Adapting to Climate Change at the Red Cross Read more about video and urban design: Climate-Related Disasters: Humanitarian Challenges and Reconstruction Opportunities Video-mediated approaches for community-level climate adaptation |
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| Jeff HENDLER University of Miami – School of Communication. Edited video on climate change for Cayman Islands Red Cross. Supervisors: Sanjeev Chatterjee and Hemant Balgobin. Partners: DIPECHO .Watch 4 minute film and TV-spot . |
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| Jennifer BREAM Brandeis University - The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Sustainable International Development Developed communication tools for the Inter Agency Working Group on DRR/CCA in East Africa. Supervisors: Judy Waruhiu, DRR Officer External Partners: Oxfam, UNISDR |
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| Jessica SHAROFF Columbia University – Climate and Society Helped understand and use climate and weather information for disaster preparedness in Southeast Asia Supervisors: Esther Conrad (IRI), Patrick Fox (IFRC's Southeast Asia Regional Delegation) and Rebecca McNaught (Climate Centre) |
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| Julie ARRIGHI Columbia University – Climate and Society Developed Climate Action Groups to enhance adaptive capacity in Uganda. Supervisors: Pablo Suarez and Shaban Mawanda External Partners: Ministry of Water and Environment , MP David Ebong, IRI |
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| Krista JANKOWSKI Columbia University - Climate and Society Worked on global resource package on climate risks Supervisors: Bec McNaught, Lisette Braman, HungHa Nguyen, Patrick Fox External Partner: IRI, Columbia University |
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Mary MWANGI |
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Meaghan DALY |
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Mehdi COMEAU |
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Nickleson COOK |
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| Sarah ABDELRAHIM Columbia University – Climate and Society Helped integrate climate science tools at IFRC Zonal office for the Americas, Panama. Supervisors: Walter Baethgen and Krystell Santamaría. Partner: CATHALAC |
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| Scott WOOD Columbia University - Climate and Society Facilitated collaboration between the Tanzania Meteorological Agency and Tanzania RC Supervisors: Lina Nerlander, Simon Mason Partners: Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS), International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) |
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Toby BELLIS |
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| Tom MOAT Kings College London - Carbon, Science, Society and Change Intern at RC/RC Climate Centre Communication of the issues, risks and science of Climate Change Supervisor: Rebecca McNaught |
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Trevor PAYNE |
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Ujala QADIR |
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Group projects
Bambino School , Lilongwe, Malawi: Raising awareness on climate change. Coordinator: Maina Mkandawire. Watch film here .
Malawi Institute of Management : Impact of HIV/AIDS and climate change on disaster management institutions. Coordinator: Prof. Precious Givah. Funded by the World Bank .
Universidad Nacional de La Plata , Argentina – Dept. of Industrial Design: Prototyping an early warning device for the Mozambican Red Cross. Coordinator: Prof. Guillermo Bauer.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina – Dept of Audiovisual Communication: Video tools for climate change awareness in Argentinean shantytowns. Coordinators: Prof. Fabio Benavidez and Andrea Santoro. Funded by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research .
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